On the front page of the business section of the New York Times, 27
Aug. 1997, there is an interesting article on South African
Breweries.  It controls 98% of market share in that country.  93% of
its customers are black.  The argue points out that "on a continent
where most people survive on subsistence agriculture, commerical
brewing the one industrial process that is found in every
country--and survives every calamity," such as Primus in Kisangani,
Mutzig in Kilgali, and Club in Monrovia.  South African Breweries is
expanding in the developing world by buying rundown state-owned
breweries.  Finally, I should mention that South Africa ranks 14th in
per capita beer consumption (14.7 gallons).  (The Czech Republic
ranks first at 42.4 gallons per capita, while the USA ranks 11th.)
 
 
David M. Fahey
History Department
Miami University
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